Husted appeals voting ruling

Provisional ballots order burdensome, he argues

10:49 PM,
Oct. 26, 2012

Written by

Barry M. Horstman

A key part of Ohio's Election Day rules governing provisional ballots - which could be decisive in the presidential race and other contests - apparently will remain in doubt until the final days before next month's election.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted on Friday appealed a federal judge's ruling that Ohio must count provisional votes cast in the wrong location due to poll worker error so long as they are cast in the correct county.

That "vote anywhere" approach, Husted argues, could be burdensome to poll workers and potentially create chaos at polling places throughout the state, ...